Chapter 364 Hitchhiking

Li Luo was returning home after shopping and happened to meet other people who were also returning. Xu Mei saw that it was inconvenient for Li Luo to carry so many bags, so she asked her husband to stop the car and take Li Luo back.

Li Luo was trying to refuse at first, but Xu Mei pulled Li Luo up and said, "Come up, Luo Luo, we are so close now, and look, Hu Tou wants to play with his sister!"

I saw that Hu Tou’s little eyes were always on Yaya, and he started playing games with Yaya.

"And if it weren't for Brother Ling, I'm afraid it would be very difficult for us in Wanlong Village to eat a bite of pork! In the past, before Brother Ling came back, our Wanlong Village was a notoriously poor village."

"In Wanlong Village, we don't have much, but most of the people are single, and they don't have any skills. They just idle around all day and can't do anything else."

"Without money, how can we have a good year? At the end of the year, some families can't even make a little oil. Everyone doesn't want to stay in the countryside anymore and wants to try their luck in the city."

"That's why Xiaolin married into the town."

"But Brother Ling improved the situation soon after."

"At first, no one believed that Brother Ling's farm could achieve anything. In addition, at that time, everyone ate from the same pot. Who would dare to take the money and become their own boss?"

Li Luo thought about it and realized that it was indeed a time when collective economy was still developing. As for individual businesses, everyone just took a wait-and-see attitude, but those who dared to be the first to try it had already made a fortune.

Ling Zhuoqun is one of the people standing at the top.

"But Brother Ling was able to get things done. Not only did he set up the breeding farm, he also mobilized those unemployed young people, paid them wages, and distributed meat to everyone during festivals."

"So everyone, you should remember Brother Ling's kindness."

Li Luo blinked her eyes. She didn't expect that Wanlong Village had such a history. However, the scenes she saw since she came here were very different from what Xu Mei said.

After all, there are too many people suffering from conjunctivitis, but they can't stand others having better conditions than themselves.

However, the wealth in Ling Zhuoqun's hands is greater than that of the entire village, so he can only be looked up to by everyone. Even if there is jealousy, they cannot find any reason to target Ling Zhuoqun.

Moreover, Ling Zhuoqun does not hold the attitude of dominating the market alone. Instead, he works with everyone to develop the rural economy and achieve common prosperity. Therefore, those who want to accuse Ling Zhuoqun of using monopoly means will only return in failure.

Listening to Xu Mei telling the story of Ling Zhuoqun's past, not only Li Luo, but even the children were listening with great interest.

"Such a good father. If it weren't for us, I'm afraid he would have achieved greater success." Ling Xiaoguang muttered softly.

At that time, Ling Zhuoqun stood in front of him and his brother, holding Yaya in his arms, and said to them: "From now on, I am your father. I will take good care of you and will not let you get hurt again."

Before, Ling Zhuoqun was able to take care of both his family and the farm, but over time, Ling Zhuoqun's business grew bigger and bigger, and slowly there were only three children left at home. Ling Zhuoqun had no choice but to ask Aunt Wang to take care of the three of them.

Aunt Wang had been quite devoted to them before, but since Ling Zhuoqun came home less and less often, Aunt Wang began to abuse them. If Li Luo had not appeared, their lives would probably be even more difficult now.

Maybe everything was the best arrangement. When they were helpless, they were adopted by their father. When they were desperate, their mother came to the Ling family.

"Dad works hard, and Mom is also our hero!"

When Xu Mei was praising Ling Zhuoqun, Ling Xiaoguang spoke up for Li Luo. "Da Mao is the older brother, and he even knows how to speak for his mother. Luo Luo, you really did a good job raising this son!"

Xu Mei gave Li Luo a thumbs up.

"The children are well-behaved and sensible. It doesn't take much effort for me to take care of them."

"Sister-in-law, you are too modest. Everyone in the factory is praising you for your virtue. They also say that if someone marries a wife like you, their ancestors' graves will be filled with joy!" Xu Mei's husband Zhao Jiaming said with a smile.

After hearing what Zhao Jiaming said, Xu Mei felt unhappy and curled her lips: "Oh, marrying my sister-in-law is a blessing to the ancestors, but marrying me is a misfortune to the family."

"It is a great honor to marry Sister Xu Mei." Li Luo smiled and tried to smooth things over.

Xu Mei's expression finally relaxed.

"Look at sister-in-law's mouth. No wonder everyone praises sister-in-law. If I were a man, I would also want to marry Luoluo!"

"What a pity, we are not Brother Ling. Not only do we not have the ability to make money, but we are also not as tall and handsome as him."

"Sister-in-law and Brother Ling are a perfect match, equally matched."

Along the way, a few people were chatting and laughing, looking at the bustling atmosphere around them. The originally deserted streets were now filled with stalls selling New Year's goods.

Many people even come from other villages to attend the market.

"Wanlong Village is much more lively than before." Li Luo kept nodding his head. Looking at the simple smiling faces of the villagers around him, he couldn't help but laugh.

"There was no market in Wanlong Village before. It was all thanks to Brother Ling who bought the market from the town. Our village chief was so proud of it."

"During the New Year, there will be opera performances on the stage at the entrance of the village!"

Li Luo's memory was suddenly pulled back to his childhood. People's faces were filled with happy smiles. On the road, a few young men tied up a pig, which looked to weigh about 200 pounds.

"Is that the pig that was brought back from the farm?" Li Luo noticed with his sharp eyes that there was a unique mark of the Ling family farm on the pig's ear, and he was very curious about how the pig was slaughtered this year.

After a while, one New Year pig after another was sent to the open space beside the stage. A lot of wooden boards were laid around them, and all of them had marks of fine knife cuts on them.

"Since Xiao Ling came back, the village has made a rule that every year during the Spring Festival, we will slaughter six pigs, and each household will be able to get nearly ten kilograms of pork!"

"Let's go and take a look!"

Xu Mei thought that Li Luo was a city dweller, so naturally he had never seen people slaughtering New Year pigs in the countryside. What's more, the person who slaughtered the New Year pig was none other than Ling Zhuoqun.

Li Luo didn't seem too surprised to see Ling Zhuoqun in the crowd.

After all, in Li Luo's opinion, it was normal for Ling Zhuoqun to preside over the slaughter of the New Year pig.

"Isn't it bad for the children to watch here?" Li Luo was afraid that such a bloody scene would scare Yaya and Hutou.